Part III. Realtor’s Safety Tips
1. Know your prospects: Never meet a first time prospect at a property based only on a phone call. Meet at your office: Partner with a colleague: Make a copy of driver’s license: Introduce prospect to colleagues in your office: Get a copy of Tag License number
2. Create a distress code: In a phone conversation to your co-workers, for example, the words “Red File.” The person on the phone will know what kind of action to take.
3. Don’t be too flashy in your dress: Dress conservative
4. Be in the driver’s seat: Always use your own car: If client insists on driving-let him drive alone in his car while you follow with a partner or colleague in your car.
5. Do not get stranded: Always keep your car’s gas tank filled above quarter tank. Always keep charged cell phone, a battery jumper, a spare tire, and roadside emergency kit, which include a flashlight and flares.
6. Carry Pepper Spray: Spray should be easily accessible on your key chain at all times.
7. Keep an eye on the exit: During home showings, never walk into a room first. Instead, allow potential buyers to explore areas of the home on their own, with you following behind to answer their questions. Avoid escorting prospects into basements or other secluded areas, where you can become trapped. Always position yourself between the customer and the exit.
8. Check in often: Let your office and family known when, where, and with who your appointments will be and when you expect to return. Check in often.
9. Never say you’re alone: If you encounter an individual while working late at the office, never indicate you’re by yourself. Infer that your colleague and/or supervisor is nearby to assist you.
10. Go with your gut: If something doesn’t feel right, if anything raises the hair on the back of your neck, escape the situation immediately.
